Efficacy of a web-based health care innovation to AdvanCe the QUalIty of life and caRE of patients with an Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ACQUIRE-ICD): A randomized controlled trial.

Ole Skov Jens Brock Johansen Jens Cosedis NielsenCharlotte E LarroudéSam Riahi Thomas Maria Melchior Michael Vinther Søren Jensen Skovbakke Nina Rottmann Uffe Kock WiilCarl Joakim BrandtKim G Smolderen John A Spertus Susanne S Pedersen

Published in: Europace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology (2023)

The web-based intervention as supplement to usual care did not improve patient device acceptance nor symptoms of anxiety and depression compared with usual care. This specific web-based intervention thus cannot be recommended as a standardized intervention in ICD patients.

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